Tag: Black Virgin Mary Statues

Images often shape our opinion of how we view heroes, gods, goddesses, and even groups of people in other cultures. I fully believe that much of what we see now is a purposeful and planned deception to hide the truth. In this part we're going to take a look at The Virgin Mary and how her image has changed over time.
“Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes, and laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.”- 1 Maccabees 3:47-48
The above picture shows how Mary has been depicted since the Catholic Church began their crusade to repeal and replace all other images that show the truth. The entire Renaissance Period (1300 - 1700) was nothing m